Sir David Attenborough says there's never been a more important time to invest in the nature in our own backyard.
Wildlife in the British Isles can be just as "dramatic and spectacular" as anything elsewhere, he says.
After travelling the world to make nature documentaries, the 96-year-old shines a light on natural history closer to home for the first time.
He has said one of his regrets is spending so much time working on overseas natural history programmes rather than focusing on the wildlife on his doorstep.
Sir David is now fronting a five-part series which aims to underscore the challenges affecting nature within the British Isles and alert audiences to the species vanishing on their doorstep.
The show's producers said Sir David had agreed to narrate Wild Isles from the start and was later approached about presenting it, because of his rare perspective on how the British countryside has changed during his lifetime of almost a century.
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